Improvement in horse hoes and cultivators



UNIrEn TA'IES PATENT FFIGE.

GUILFORD I). ROVVELL, OF MENOMONEE FALLS, WISCONSIN.

IMPROVEMENT IN HORSE HOES AND CULTIVATORS.

Specilieation forming part of Let-ters Patent No. 113,934., dated April18, 1871.

I, GUILFORD D. HOWELL, of Menomonee Falls, county of Waukesha, in theState of Wisconsin, have invented certain Improvements in Horse I-Ioesand Gultivators, of which the following is a specification:

N atar@ and Object of the Invent/ton.

My invention is a horse hoe and eultivator, with teeth adjustable to anywidth ofthe sides, with twisted wings on the hoe, so as to turn theearth up against corn or any other vegetable cultivated, and also withwing sha-res or teeth in the rear of the side pieces of the cultivatorto turn the dirt over, and with a serrated collar on the tooth-stoel;and under the cultivator-traine, to hold the teeth in any position theymay be placed.`

.Description of the Drawing forming part of this Specification.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my invention; Fig. 2, a front view ofthe hoe, and Fig. 3 a view of the rear side tooth and swing conneotion.

General Description.

A is the frame of the cultivator; B, the hoeboam, (l, the handles; D,the rear post of the hoe. This beam B, handles O, and post D, with hoeor share M, form the horse-hoe when separated from the oultivator. E,cross-bar of the eultivator, and on which the stud Frests; G, ironstrap, securing the two forward ends oi' the cultivator to the beam B 5H, wheel, I, hook to haul the hoe and cultivator by; K,eultivator-tooth; L, share in rear end of the eultivator; M, hoe, N N,twisted or curved wings of the hoe; O, serrated collar on thetooth-stock, the tooth-stock being square with a shoulder under thecollar, and the collar has a square hole in it, so that when pressed upagainst the frame it will hold the tooth firmly in position; I), nuts onthe top ends of toothshank.

The operation of this hoe and cultivator is that, the beam B beinghigher than the oommon oultivator, when cultivating between the rows ofcorn the whiiiletrees are high er up than ordinary, and pass over thetops ot' the corn without breaking it down or disturbing it; and whenthe frame is spread farther apart or brought nearer together, the teethcan be set so as to move in a line with the draft, the serrated collarsO holding the teeth rmly in position, the nut P being loosened and thetooth turned, and the nut set up again in position.

The share L can be turned out so as to throw the dirt as desired, thejoint Q allowing it to be turned.

The hoe M will turn the earth up by means of the twisted wings, asdesired.

Whenever this machine is to be used as a eultivator alone, then removeshare M and put on a cultivator-tooth in place of it.

Claim.

I claim as my :invention- A horse hoe and cultivator arranged asfollows: horse-hoe M, with wings N N, hoe-beam C, cultivator-teeth K,plow-share L in rear of frame A, serrated nuts O on the tooth-stocks,and joints D in rear of share L, and frame A, substantially asdescribed.

G UILFORD D. ROYVELL.

Witnesses JOHN H. VOLLAND, J oHN E. SEABoLD.

